Re: Showif Context combined with Search

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 15543
interpreted = N
texte = Grant Hulbert wrote: >ShowIf is purely text-based, and has nothing inherently to do with >searching. It looks at whatever text is on the left of the '=' (or other comparison, >like >,<,~,^,!) and compares it to the text on the right-hand side: > >[ShowIf [xxx]=[yyy]] > | |_____evaluate right-hand side > | > -- evaluate left-hand side > >Whatever those [xxx] amd [yyy] WebDNA expressions become (and they can be >complex lookups and such) is what gets compared. Be careful, though, because if >you accidentally have '=' or '!' or whatever *inside* the text of either side, >then it can confound the comparison. > >What is the syntax then, for a lookup of a record that matches 3 values, as in my example, something like:db=d2mcust.db&firstname=[firstname1]&lastname=[lastname1]&address=[a ddress1] Where the bracketed names are the values that I want to search for. Larry Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Showif Context combined with Search (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  2. Re: Showif Context combined with Search (Larry Orchier 1997)
  3. Re: Showif Context combined with Search (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  4. Showif Context combined with Search (Larry Orchier 1997)
Grant Hulbert wrote: >ShowIf is purely text-based, and has nothing inherently to do with >searching. It looks at whatever text is on the left of the '=' (or other comparison, >like >,<,~,^,!) and compares it to the text on the right-hand side: > >[ShowIf [xxx]=[yyy]] > | |_____evaluate right-hand side > | > -- evaluate left-hand side > >Whatever those [xxx] amd [yyy] WebDNA expressions become (and they can be >complex lookups and such) is what gets compared. Be careful, though, because if >you accidentally have '=' or '!' or whatever *inside* the text of either side, >then it can confound the comparison. > >What is the syntax then, for a lookup of a record that matches 3 values, as in my example, something like:db=d2mcust.db&firstname=[firstname1]&lastname=[lastname1]&address=[a ddress1] Where the bracketed names are the values that I want to search for. Larry Larry Orchier

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